Society & social sciences
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Society & social sciences
Hardcover. This book offers a critical analysis of the effect of usage of locative social media on the perceptions and phenomenal experience of lived in spaces and places. Drawing on users accounts of location-based social networking, a digital post-phenomenology of place is developed to explain how place is mediated in the digital age. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: H; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 222 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456106
- ISBN
- 9781137456106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. This revised and updated 2nd edition of Freedman's hard-hitting study aims to remedy the current lack of gender-specific analyses of asylum and refugee issues. It provides a comprehensive account of the situation of women in global forced migration, and explains the ways in which women's experiences are shaped by gendered relations and structures. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition,New edition,2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456229
- ISBN
- 9781137456229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.80
€ 149.80
Hardcover. Places of Memory examines the post-war history of the site where the 1942 Wannsee Conference was held. The author analyses the different uses of the house to investigate how a site turns into a site of memory. Num Pages: 85 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBTZ; JMRM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456403
- ISBN
- 9781137456403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Hardcover. In this book on Marxist ethics, Norman Fischer applies abstract political philosophy and intellectual history to rarely discussed texts in terms of Marxist ethics. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456434
- ISBN
- 9781137456434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardback. The book questions the concept of "the enemy," beginning with Carl Schmitt's famous notion that politics is the relationship of friend and enemy and that humanity is not a political concept. This book deconstructs this notion and views humanity at the center of a type of politics based on ethics. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456472
- ISBN
- 9781137456472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
The African Diaspora Population in Britain. Migrant Identities and Exp...
Aspinall, Peter J.; Chinouya, Martha J.
Hardback. This book focuses on the 'Black African' diaspora population living in Britain, including history of settlement, migration patterns, and where Black Africans currently live. It provides an analysis of areas where Black Africans face disadvantage, including labour market participation, housing, and health and social care. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFN; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456533
- ISBN
- 9781137456533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. This book analyses the life histories of Jamaican men involved in the UK drugs trade, including wholesalers, street dealers, specialist cooks, cutters, and growers. Employing a life history approach, their autobiographical accounts are examined to provide an in-depth and unique insight of their journeys into drugs and crime. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KJWJ; JFFH1; JFSJ2; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456649
- ISBN
- 9781137456649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardcover. The quadrennial summer Olympic Games produces the world's biggest single-city cultural event. Drawing on ethnographic work around the London 2012 Games, this book contrasts the rhetoric and reality of mega-event delivery and shows that the notions of beneficial Olympic legacies and delivery benefits for host communities are, for most, unobtainable. Series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456724
- ISBN
- 9781137456724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Multiple sclerosis is an incurable neurological disease of unknown cause with a fearful reputation for generating disability, unemployment, poverty and early death. This book critically surveys the current state of multiple sclerosis research, demonstrating the shortfall of current research undertaken on the lives of people with multiple sclerosis. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFFA; JFFG; JFFH; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137457059
- ISBN
- 9781137457059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardcover. Puerto Rican soldiers have been consistently whitewashed out of the narrative of American history despite playing parts in all American wars since WWI. This book examines the online self-representation of Puerto Rican soldiers who served during the War on Terror, focusing on social networking sites, user-generated content, and web memorials. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJP; JFSC; JFSL4; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137457189
- ISBN
- 9781137457189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.29
€ 105.29
Hardcover. Shin Kanemaru (1914-1996) served as a key power broker at the national level in Japan from the 1970s until the early 1990s. He was at the heart of the '1955 system' of conservative political rule. Though never Prime Minister himself, he controlled or strongly influenced the administrations of five Japanese Prime Ministers. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137457363
- ISBN
- 9781137457363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Culture and the Politics of Welfare: Exploring Societal Values and Soc...
Hudson, John, Jo, Nam Kyoung, Keung, Antonia
Hardcover. This text offers an in-depth examination of the influence of culture on welfare states. It suggests new ways in which cross-national differences in culture might be measured and, using a range of approaches, utilizes these measures to explore the role culture plays in shaping differences in social policy frameworks across high income countries. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHB; JHBC; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137457486
- ISBN
- 9781137457486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Hardcover. Safety and Security in Transit Environments presents interdisciplinary studies from leading international authors. This important volume identifies key challenges and complexities in addressing security and safety concerns in transit settings, policy recommendations for prevention, and new frontiers for research at transit settings. Editor(s): Ceccato, Vania; Newton, Andrew; Robinson, E. A. G. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 418 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVC; KNG; RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137457646
- ISBN
- 9781137457646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.24
€ 162.24
Hardback. Dead women litter the visual landscape of the 2000s. In this book, Clarke Dillman explains the contextual environment from which these images have arisen, how the images relate to (and sometimes contradict) the narratives they help to constitute, and the cultural work that dead women perform in visual texts. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APT; JFSJ1; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137457684
- ISBN
- 9781137457684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Sustainable Development and Quality Assurance in Higher Education
. Ed(S): Fadeeva, Zinaida; Galkute, Laima; Ma...
Hardback. Series/Pack/Set ISBN Editor(s): Fadeeva, Zinaida; Galkute, Laima; Mader, Clemens; Scott, Geoff; Mohun, Simon. Series: Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNM; KJMQ; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137459138
- ISBN
- 9781137459138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Hardcover. 'Globalization' and 'the Nation' provide significant contexts for examining past educational thinking and practice and to identify how education has been influenced today. This book, written collaboratively, explores country case studies - Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the UK and USA - as well as discussing the transnational European Union. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JNB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137460349
- ISBN
- 9781137460349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 270 pages, 18 colour illustrations, 18 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137460370
- ISBN
- 9781137460370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.39
€ 117.39
Hardback. This book examines the conceptual underpinnings of authentic leadership to discover why so little attention has been paid to gender. The author explores the failure to interrogate the complexities surrounding the concept of authenticity, especially as it relates to the diversity of lived experience. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPHL; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137460431
- ISBN
- 9781137460431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.24
€ 127.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 241 pages, 1 colour illustrations, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH; JPFC; MBS; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137460509
- ISBN
- 9781137460509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.62
€ 150.62
Hardcover. This book analyzes the US army's use of the 'water cure' torture in the Philippine War and the ensuing political scandal that resulted. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137460752
- ISBN
- 9781137460752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50